Jobs in Ipswich, United Kingdom

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Kennedys is looking for a Legal Support Assistant to join our busy LSA Team. The role will include transcribing dictations, copy typing, formatting of large documents and a wide range of administrative tasks. The LSA will need to identify key dates/deadlines, liaising with the team to make sure all deadlines are met in a timely manner. This will be a remote based role, and working the hours of 2pm until 10pm. There is flexibility around these hours.

Team

Kennedys LSA team have a key role contributing to the effectiveness of the Firm by providing a comprehensive admin support service for Kennedys across all teams – UK and increasingly global.

Key responsibilities

• Work methodically within Service Desk and BigHand and be aware of the work priorities. Work with the team in order that priority work is undertaken in a quick and efficient manner and that time is then spent on both the important and urgent work
• Grow strong relationships within the LSA team, Team Leaders and wider Secretarial team and firm.
• Follow correct procedures, instructions and protocols which will differ for each team
• Produce a consistently high quality and quantity of work, produce a variety of documents from handwritten/type written drafts. Format documents into house style and transcribe digital dictation from BigHand as well as various administrative tasks that the team are asked to undertake.

Required experience

• Competent knowledge about legal practice

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 47 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What do we have to offer?

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

We strive to celebrate empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.